Establish solar energy programs.

Date Due:: 07/01/2024
Responsible Entity:: PSC
Action:: Establish solar energy programs.
Summary:: The PSC will establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load serving entities of at least six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by 2025.
Status:: PENDING: on May 14, 2020, the PSC expanded NYSERDA's solar incentive program to have a target of 6 GW by 2025. In May 2024, the PSC adopted a statewide Solar for All Program.
Statute:: CLCPA § 4 adds new Public Service Law § 66-p(5)

The CLCPA amends the Public Service Law by adding a new section 66-P that requires the PSC to establish a renewable energy program, including the procurement of six gigawatts of PV solar generation by 2025.

Statutory Language:

CLCPA § 66-P (5): "No later than July 1,2024 the commission shall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2035 and six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by 2025 and to support three gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by 2030. "